Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-02-24

I y VIII - VIZ NIA1t4 . We
fesFs had beer NJ qaestion 10 ths sen-
So - - TIE s1Ettanllity u gssInR 10
psW3K. buf TIE bill ~ il cane frcm 10
ssbete wss open g certain ebtsesioDs
We Bad eert4in FtRbta il The deep go
hsh4Ties whieh NJ ether nsl % sxsse'
9Teat hritain kkfsesf poeaessed. Il
was bat fair - shs Exesnfive WEED
Co1Ertss piaesd apoa hin this ssry
oonfeFre3 ID disfInss tsrm8 fhss ~
id eot think the ) 1zts oil I'D, and
he tbeFnfore favored tbs adoption Of TO-
substitasa.
Rice sad there should b. no part.
aaeation n thfa important Issue Whilst
| saeosed ske sntire Nation. 1he tenat
bili wss not a party ball, bni hsd been
pzssed, after saFefui oonsidersti5n ant
abls dissussion, bg the votes Of senatog'
o. b0gh si3ea % che ensUbeF. some
thing moss Be- csns 70 pFoteSt oul
| Sati0uai honor. During tne paet zeal
lons hundred OF our vessels bad been
sahis ted 20 search and SONS Of then
/ seixsd b. tie CanadiAn anlhafttlss f0i
toachinR as Canadian ports for ths
pafposs Of tFade. II VS. = very vital
question = AmeEicaa hon0F. WHISTLER %
DOT any OanE6isa cheer pcssesaed gucn
a night u seaFen and ssiznfe. a vessel
named Grover Cleveland bad been
stopped and . vessel nsmed 7. y. Bsg
ard had been warnsd ch ~ suspicious
| characters. Il vas important that there
sEoaid Be power Somewhere 20 profe O.
| American boGor when anected IN %
vital point ~ this. The senate bill
provided 50 effective remedy. II Great
| Britain shut cut our vessels. We w00ld
shut oat her 6sb. II she shat tue door
| Ia cur face, We woaid say mot 81 house
when ste sent up her card 10 ns.
/ The substitute bill suggested viola
ton Of oar treaty obligations with
Great Britain, whien 30 his mind vas
nat only absolutely unnecessary, bui
/ impoiitis. The ssnate bill covered
promptly and effectively svery necessity
Of the case We did NOS wGnt any war
uish Great Britain. This gascoasdiuR
talk about var With Great Britain va
uopsense. We coald net afford 20 30 10
var With 0Feai Britain.
Milliken, Of haine-snppOse that she
shoald 10 to var With ue
Rice Ttplied that Ne vould undoubt-
/ eddy whip DER in that event, but there
vas no necessity f5E var. One year Of
Tue exclusion Of Canadian hsh would
bring 90 an end all injuries and outraRea
Shich we're being psFpetFatsd upon our
| hsheFmeu.
Davis. Of Massachusetts,, spike 10 sup
pert Of the senate ball end appealed for
action which would preserve tne inter
ests u the hardy fishermen Of koW Eng.
land.
Clement. Of Georgia. stated that the
substitute bill vas q committee measure
aud materially different from the b l.
mont bill, and he regretted that Ia the
discussion Of % grave question as was
nov pending, the gentleman from Mas
/ saohnsstts (kice) shsuid seek 10 give IL
a partisan tIage. The tF0uble With Can-
ada bad originated in what had been
called mere skirnish about ESQ"
bot it had assumed larger PfopoFtiOrs
than q skirmish. The American dag
had been hsnied down and 80 American
vessels had besn searched or warned on
and the honor Of the Government VS.
involved. he criticized the Senate bill,
eIaiming only the same rights for our
fishermen that were accorded 10 the cub
| iecsa OF the most favored nations Toe
substitute vas better framed IN this re-
speet than the other. The difference
between the tWo measures was that the
House hill authorizes toe President TO
stop the coming Of locomotives and ears
J into che united States. The gentlemen
from the Northwest should not complain
OF this provision. Tnis was not local
question, it was not New England
question. He hoped that the President
would not be requested 20 exercise ans
part Of the power conferred on him
oat when IL vas proposed to deal with
the question ue0n the basis OF nan-in.
terest TO the Government. Il ought not
to stop with the mere prohibition Of the
incoming Of Canadians.
Cain, OF Texas, said that the honor of
the country vas invslted. The subati
tute not only protected the fishermen,
bat IL gave warning 20 the Kingdom Of
Great Britain, that, uuless 10 prevented
the Dominion of Canada from treating
them brutality ard in a hostile manner,
the United States would retaliate 10
such 8 manner as would eomPel Canada
TO accord 10 the United states such
rights and privileges a. the United
Ssaies accord 10 her.
Mr.. Hill. OF Illinois, said 10 was high
time te act Only few days Of this
Congress remain. TIE senate bill,
pas ed a month ago. was still before the
/ House. 10 was a most carefully ere-
parsa Dill, nfsFrlnQ ample power on
the Pfeai .ent. Lst the House pass II
now 10 that the British Minister might
this afternoon eable 20 his Government
that upon tbis QUESTION tne Americas
people we're one. IL the substitute were
adopted. containing. as Il did, the rail
way ear prohibition, THAI was voted
Nsff1 setN ha
ably be nothing done. Nine months
ago an act passed Congress author
ixing Tho Executive 20 refuse
Toe Port privileges which were
denied 10 cur YES els, but Bothine
had been done n6dsr IL. fne Depart
meat shoald have ample power. rhe
Secretary Of state h&d not been feFtu
nate ia dealing with this question,
which had baftsd cor statesmen for
hfty years tbs first correspondence
with the British Minister vas changed
substantially into abe p otocal Of a
treaty. IN which the British Minister
snccssdsd IN gstttRR . statement that
thia did not Atfeet toe vAlaa Of the an
shore fisheries. the very point In dispute,
Tue aim wss nv for a commissioa and
reciprocity. Neither cas- wanted. Botb
lad proved eastiy snAres 10 toe past
Complete reciprocity removing ell do
tlss aud customs ~ the sea lius wauid
be welcome. but hot The one sided treaty
we had once. The Senate bill gave the
President powers nos 70 vcx aRd hAFass
the Canadians In oar cWn poEis, hat 90
sxeluds them and their hsB and every
thing else. the favored nation" eiausz
ealy affected fav0gs grataitoaaly ex
tended BY other nAtisns aud nos CON
penaAtsd fayors. The Faiiuay car pFo
hieitioa IN TOE House bill Gas Intended
% aathoriEe the stopping II cars which
vtfs carry ina goods IN truss under tue
tseuty -ntnih article Of ths existing
treaty, which no one dared 90 propose
3. stap directly 10 violation OF the
treaty. IL Gas an evasion ansortay Of
4 ciyii,8ed natioh. Tais very thinS wa
I denied IN tue Senate BY al overuhelsa-
ina veie. Tue Serata bali sas reslofs
tiens u vas retaliation In a And, which
IA always the noai sfficicnt way. Il haa
been tried Feoently With SpAin aud with
sucerss. Aay. either coarse woald caua
delay ani probably defeat the action.
Dinghy, e Name, moved 50 amensl
she saosistate by TIE addition Of 4 sec-
tlon Tenderias liable 10 seizure and for,
feitare aus vessel Of foreign BAsiou.
Atty tound engaged IN taking $50 oi
any Kidd within three marine sutlea II